Kitchen and adjuncts thereto.



PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

W. C. JAMES. KITCHEN AND ADJUNGTS THERMO.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1905.

\ No.' 828,481. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906 W. C. JAMES.

KITCH-EN AND' ADJUNGIS THRBTO. APPLIOATION 'FILED JULY 31,1905.

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FUNTED sfrnrns 'WIL-LARI) C. JAMES, or

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Be it known that I, WILLARD C. JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful'Improvement-s in Kitchens and Adjuncts Thereto, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is one ofthe objects of this invention to I. simplify, make easy, and reduce to a mini mum the work of the housewife.

' Othenobj ects. are superior sanitation, serv The invention'isv applicable to. apartmenthouses, cottages, .club-houses, and other buildings and-includ es a construction apperice,` and economy of time.

taining,r ito the kitchen and to thedining-room and. pantry adjoining the kitchen.

-. An object of theinvention is to provide a kitchenpecnliarly adapt-ed for apartment- -houses or'cottages Where the house Tite or maid attends on both kitchen and diningroom and in which the kitchen is also used as `a laundry and household-lavatory.

A urtherobjectof the invention is to so construct and arrange a kitchen and .its adjuncts as to avoid as much as possible any damage, inconvenience, or discomfort from .theheat of heating-@appliances necessary-in In this connection the kitchen the kitchen. is provided at one end with laundry andheating and cooking appliances, (vv hich mav in-' clude electrical heaters and gas and wood and coal burnin devices,) while the garbage-receptacle an the pantry are removed across the room from v,the heating appliances, the devices employed for ironing in the laundry being arranged at the end voli' the room opposite thedining-room and vclose to an electrical .heater or gas-range. kitchen-apartment opposite the laondrjT and ironing appliances l provide a revoluble de-,v

At the end of the vicefadapt-ed to .facilitate serving both hot PATENT I' FFICH?A Los ANGELES, oALisonsni.r 'l Kai-@Heal aan Aneureors rif-rasero.' i l Specification of Letters Patent.

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the wall; or lpartition in-whir- Patented china-cioset,'a1id hotplate,andthnsprovide 55 these conveniences for bothth'e kitchen `and. dining-room alternatively.- f 1 f This invention comprises a l zitchen-apart-4 f ment having alongl a portion ,of one side."a'gn outside Walll provided vwithV a garbagecano opening; a pantiyapartinentalong a po* of the same side and. iormingvan angle'with said ontste wall a diningfapartinent-alonga side adjoining the .pantryapartnientg doors spaced apart and communicating.between 65 the kitchen and the pantry,andgfdhringfroom apartments, respectivelyga kitchencabi-net .in the space between saiddoors5.a-shelfespai f:. apartrom the pantry-door; a revolnbieggar-c u nage-can holder pivoted -to sWI.1. below the 7o shelf and bel o,w .thespace.betweentheslrelt and the pantry-door rand through; thegar-f bage-can opening-inthe Oll ts idef;vall=i;of the kitchen a ventilatd'rreceptaclegfory the garhago-canfholder arranged outside Vt he-kitchen;v 7 5 a combination lavatory,laundryJfend.culi! nary apparatus arranged along-5 tinesame side ofthe kitchen with the'sheltl andggarbagey can one or more ranges;.with` vent'ilating i hood or cowl arranged. onthfe side off=gt-l1e 8o kitchen opposite the lavatory, .lanndrygicnlig nary apparatus,. and garbage-can opening adjustable ironing apparatus, arrangedab n.;

tween a range and the laundry 3nd,.:cuiinarygf apparatus, and a revolnblefdeviee co rnprisingA` 8 5 an ice chest, lhot-plate, andI,china-,closetaafiV ranged in the corner. ofthe,akitchenbetiien the last-named side'otthekitchenand-:ithei diningroom and adapted to riewfolafewto bring the front portion with hot-pla te-altenfnativelyjA 9o entirely inside the kitch enad acent't-h and the kitchen-cabinetorientirely' c dining-room. The last-namedrevoluble dei-ll vice and the revelublegarbagercan, vhol-der are alike constructedwith onewsideinthe; 95 form of a panelor door to toria .p ortion,o ii;l

mounted.

1The `accompanyinw: invention.V I i Figure 1` isfa.fragment-a o :proved:l kitchen'v andsadjnncts ther body'inggthis inventions`V lottedlinesnid-ie;r lcate a cowl below which 4the view'- l `Fig-.s2 is a sectionaleelevationlvre :edfrom isft'akenf 105 lineas2 93?,. Fig- 1,5lookingiin 'the'directionfof:v

the arrowr; Figr is afragmental elevation:

showing the revoluble devicezconstituting axA "i combined door, icechest, hot-plate, and china-closet swung into the timing-apartment. Fig. 4 is a vertical mid-section of the same on line m4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged ragmental detail in axial section, showing the pivotmountings for the combinedv door, ice-chest, hotplate. and china-closet. Fig. 6 is an elevation showing the front of the kitchen-cabinet. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the same on line F1gs. 1 andi. Fig. 8 is a frag'- -mentaldeta'ched detail of the ilour-sifter bin of the kitchen-cabinet. Fig. 9 -is a sectional plan on line :129,.F ig. 7, showing the sugar-receptacle of the kitchen-cabinet. Fig. 10 is a fragmental elevation of the wall between the dining-room and kitchen apartmentviewed from'the dining-apartment side and showing the panel or door side ofthe revoluble device. Fig. 11 is a iragmental elevation of aportion of the wall of the kitchen, showin the panel of the garbage-can holder closing t e opening in the wall through which said holder swings. Fig. 12 is a fragmental plan showing the icechest, hot-plate, and china-closet swung into the during-room and the adjacent sliding door the dining-room, respectively. 12 designates construction adaptable for the purposes offoot-operated devices for o ening the sliding doors. 13 is a chimney of t e building. Various heating 4means may be provided-as, for example, 14 is a Wood and coal range, and 15 argas or electric range. 16 is a hot-water tank; 17, a receptacle with shelves (not shown) for holding pots, pans, and kettles.

.317" is a Ventilating-cowl for the ranges. The 4respective parts above enumerated may be of any conventional or well-known form and this invention.

In front of the (gas-range 15 is a combined ironingeboard i an table 18, hinged at 19 to .the wall 6 to fold up out of the way.

20'i's a seat hinged at'21 to extend alongside the table 18. g

22 is a smoothing-'iron closet in the wall 6, the same being supplied withelectrical connections a. for electrical smoothing-irons'. b. The table and ironing-board 18 is arranged to close the closet 22 when said table is felded upout ofuse.

23 designates elbow-catches of any Wellknown formfor `holding the ironing-board the Wall.

30, and a shelf or support 31 `for preparing vegetables, meats, &c., from which preparation refuse may result.

32 is a swinging garbage-can holder and carrier containing a garbage-can 33, which may be brought to the end of the shelf` 31 by swinging the carrier 32 into the kitchen and beneath the shelf.

34 is a garba e-can closet and ventilator,

Vthe same being ocated immediately outside the wall of the building and provided with a door 34", through which the garbage-can may be removed from the building. 35 is a ventilating-pipe leading up from the top, and 36 a screened, ventilating-opening at the bottom of said closet.

37 is a revoluble device in which is com bined a door, an ice-chest, 'a hot-plate, and a china-closet.

38 is a kitchen-cabinet between the pantry and dining-room doors and forming a sup port for dishes and food.

39 is a ocketed wall against which the kitchen-ca inet 38 stands and into which the door 11 slides, thus allowing the revoluble` combined ice-chest, hot-plate, and china# closet 37 to swing around to present its front toward the kitchen-cabinet to receive articles therefrom and then to be swung 'around still farther into the dining-room apartment 3, 'Where the articles are required for use. v

40 is the jamb for the revoluble ice-chest,

hot-plate, and china-closet, and 41 designates IOO 4Ilo

the base-boards or wainscoting of the diningroom and kitchen apartments, which serve as stops Afor the revoluble device 37.

Referring to Figs. 1, 3, 4, and'n5, the combined ice-chest, hot-plate, and china-closet -is mounted with clearance above thel iloor on on the ioor and aI collar 50 above the flange, and the other being a hollow'member'51,

resting on said base member and having a collar 52 fitting the collar 50 and also havupright door or panel 54 of the revoluble device, which panel is provided between the plates with a notch 55, lthrough which the `ing two side plates 53 53 embracing the @2531er I drainage-pipe 44 insertedy into the top of the trap 56, leading to the sewer. The outer plate 53 hides the 4notch on the exposed side of the panel.

:the panel 54, which is mounted to carry the refrigerator into the kitchen and. vdining apartment alternatively. 59 is a hot-plate hinged at 60 to the refrigerator, which has aledge 61 between the doors 62 63 of the refrigerator, above which ledge the hot-plate frnay be let down when not in use, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

Segment-arms 64, each provided with a catch 65, are arranged to hold the hot-plate in positionfor use on level `with the top of the ice-chest and adapted to slip back and chamber in the Wall of the refrigerator in a Well-known 'way when the hotlateislet downv 66 67 designate electrica `connections and switches for supplying and controlling the current for yheating the insulated sections 68 69, 70.

One or all of the sections may be provided with a double set of connections, as indicatied at 67 and 71 on section 70, one set belingdesigned for moderate heating and the v'other for superheating for toasting bread and for like purposes.

The top-72 of the icechest 57 projects from below the chinaclosetv 58 and together with the hot-plate '5S-l frrns a table or carrier on which articles may be arranged in the kitchen andwhen f re'adyfforthe dining-room may be brought thereinto by'simply opening the door 1l and 'then' turning the revoluble device on its pivot.

the stationary -sect1-on 39, having an opening N39,- therein, the'sectionor panel 54 in said AVLopening pivotedinterrnediate its edges, and

or panel 54 tofornia closure for the opening 39. The panel 54 forms a janrb for the door 11. The two rnovable sections 11 and 54` of said partition are preferably rnade'to appear alike, so that'when the refrigerator appearance "of 'double' sliding doors? #can scrape the refuseinto. the

can .andV then: close it intoits closet 31 may be'placed .0n the shelf 38 of the 57 is the refrigerator, and 58 the- `lthe foods are ready?,` the door `ng-roorn, thus bringing the-f llt-'is to be notedthat the partition between the' kitchen. and dining apartments 2 and 3, respectively, is formed of three sections-viz.,

odors 0 1" efiluvia' from the rno'uth ofthe ican kitchenecabinet, and foods frforrntlieVVV mayalso be placed onsaid s li'e'lfreadylie` pnt upon the revoluble device @Y l t" a* inbnients no tice, in'l the meantime-leaving the top of the refrigerator and thefhotplatefree 72) for keeping or preparing h't o rfivarnirti cles of food`.' By turningthe appropriate electrical switch the current may lbeturiield on and the hot-plate 59 Willbeconie h'eatl i and Warm foods, froinfthe rangel inay'be' 7"'51l readily placed thereon: While the 'devi-ceja swung adjacent the range; 'Thenxiihenf i closed, the attendant may','fvvhilersta 'di in the Way 12, transfer thef coldtfoods i the shelf of the kitchercabinetionto het.' shelf orrefrigeratortop ofthe-:revoiiibie vice. When everything'is prp'erlyiarrang 'i on the hot-plate and reir'ig erator-top,the`-v door l1 maybe slid 'back far enoughto allovv'* 8151 the revoluble device "to'be'v reversed t 'earrifl therefrigerator and hot-pla'teinto thedin-' foods', refri ator, hot-plate, and china a intoth' ing-room with bntlittle', ifanyg noticeabie"A 62 disturbance. lin clearing `tliev dining-table l (not shown) the#reverse*operationlavillfbegonethrough '-with'L- `-The 'refuse frornifth'ef table may he trai ported readily-'tothe bage-can, Ywhich will "-"be-l swung`l into f the? 915i kitchen for that purpose.- `The"neces'sary ac3? cess to thegarbage-canfrorntiine to-tiinelf is gained as required'Without'dangerA of con-'1 tarninating the atmosphere ofy the kitchen, for the reason that'when' the'doorfofthe' garbage-can carrier 32 is swungl open and the can 33 is open withinvthe .kitchen the hot air from the kitchen passing the open month of the canto the ventilator Willecarryf'anyroo up through the vent-ilater;"vv Ifit desired to allow a passage intcthel. kitchen fifronr the dining-apartment without-exposing the; kitchen to View, the panel 54=`oan1be par-A tially revolvedto open a Way between it,4 rrfo andthe Wall While thelvedgezof Lthefidoonis against the vside of thei'ce-chest indichi-na*- clset. By this nieansthe niajorpartothe kitchen is excluded froinvlliew, thewayinto the kitchen being next tlieiyvallifA 1:1;5

The flour-binl 73` in the lditclenrcabinet has a sifter 74 and a measuring-gage 7 5, rso lthat; the attendant can measure flourdilieetlyontof the shelf orbread-board 7 6 of 'said cabin-en, thus dispensing with the necessity oftusi'ng. measures or clippers for handling thelinfi i i-1'7"? is ahot+plate infthe-chinafcloset for? heating plates Whi chrrnay be set intheioni; partmentsof-f said closet. a 567.4 designa-tes; sWitcl1 :-for turning -yelectric crirrentonto; s` hot-Plates.

7 Szis. an electrical .v platefastened to kitchen-cabinet to enable vethe attendan heat 'lard `or other.inaterialsfand h'f 1. i same directly' at hand. 67 esignates an electric switch or key for turning on and oit the current from said plate 78.

79 is a hot-plate in the shelf of the kitchencabinet, a vcircuit for,which is turned on and off by a key 67".

What I claim is- 1. A kitchen-apartment having a wall with an outside exposure along a portion of one side, and having a garbage-can door in said side, a pantry-apartment along a portion of the same side and forming an angle with said wall, a dining-apartment along a side adjoining the pant-ryapartment side, doors spaced apart and communicating between the kitchen, pantry and dining apartments, re-

spectively; a kitchen-cabinet in the space,

lthe dining-room and provided with an icechest, hot-plate and china-closet and adapt- Aed to revolve into closer proximity the kitchen-cabinet and through the door communicating between .the kitchen and the dining-apartment- 2. A kitchen-apartment having heating appliances on one side; lavatory, laundryand lculinary appliances on the other side; an

bags-can .receiver outside the wall, a ventilaironing-board hinged to the wall betwefen Athe same, ashelf at the wall opposite the heating appliances, a garbage-can holder swinging -throughsaid wall and beneath said shelf and provided with a panel for closing the opening in the wall through which it swings, fa gartor-Opening up from the top of said receiver, a dining-apartment at the end of the kitchen opposite the ironing-board, a door leading from the kitchen into the dining-apartment, and .a revolubledevice forming a section of Athe partition between the kitchen and dining apartmentsand arranged, to revolve through the door and to alternately project into the kit'chen and dining apartments. i

3. Kitchen, pantry and dining apartments, the pantry and dining apartments adjoining each other at one end of the kitchen, cooking and laundry appliances at theside' and oppo-` -site the pantry and dining apartments, dors communicating between the kitchen and the pantry and dining apartments, a support -icr vdishes andffood between said doors, 'andiarevoluble device adapted to carry food and dishes through the door and to form a jamb for the door.

4. `Kitchen and dining apartments, double doors between said apartments, one being pivoted and the other mounted to close against the same, the pivoted door being provided on one side with a refrigerator Aand a china-closet and adapted to carry the same into the kitchen and dining-room, alternatively. A

5. A kitchen-apartment, a dining-apartment adjoining the same, a partition between I the apartments comprising three sections,

one of said sections being a wall-pocket, another section .heilig a pivoted panel, and the intermediate section being a door sliding into said pocket and against said panel.

6, A kitchen-apartment, a dining-apartment, a partition between said apartments comprising 'three sections, one of which is stationary, another section being revoluble, and the intermediate section being a door held by the stationary section and closing against the edge of the revoluble'section.

Y7. A kitchen-apartment, a dining-aparti' ment, a partition between said apartments comprising a stationary section, a revoluble section, and an intermediate section held by the stationary section and closing against the revoluble section, a cabinet against the stationary section, the same being provided with a shelf, and a shelf carried by the revoluble section, a passage being provided between said shelves...

8. Two apartments, a.sectional partition between said apartments, one of the sections comprising a door and another section being adjacent a wall pertaining to both apart-A ments and provided on one side with a proecting device adapted to revolve through the door-opening and to stop against said wall in the apartments, respectively.

9. A wall, an upright jamb on the viall, a base-board or the like on the wall formi-ng a stopat either side of the jamb, and a revoluble device pivotally mounted to stop against said jamb and base-board or the like, and arranged to revolve to bring one and the other side against said jamb and stop.

10. A kitchen-apartment provided with heating appliances at one sidethereof, a dining-apartment adjoining the kitchen-apartment, a partition between said apartments, a sectionof said partition beingformed of a door, and another section being formed ofa panel pivoted at its mid-width, and a body of considerable thickness fastened to said panel, said door closing against said, bodywhen said panel is partially revolved to leave au opening between" the apartments.

11'. The combination of two apartmentsfa panel pivoted reversibly between the' apart.-

ments and provided wit-h a refrigerator and an electric heater on one side, pivots for said IlO panel, electrical Wires through the upper o ening b pivots arranged intermediate its pivot for the heater, and a drain-pipe through e ges, an a sliding door, the door and panel the lower pivot for draining the refrigerator. forming a closure for said opening. v.

12. The partition comprising a section In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I5 5 having an opening therein, a panel adapted myhand, at Los Angeles, California, this 25th to close a portion of said opening and pro day of July, 1905.

vided with a pivot intermediate its edges and v a doorelosing another portion of said dpen- A WILLARD C JAMES ing. In presence of Io 13. 4The tpartition comprising a section JAMES R. ToWNsEND,

havmg an: opening, a section pivoted in said JULIA TowNsEND. 

